(meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal

[Andrei Ol'khovatov]

Dear Paulo,

An interesting post in UFO-list mentioning the June 1 light event:
http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2004/jun/m11-005.shtml

Best wishes,
Andrei Ol'khovatov

----- Original Message -----
From: Paulo Heleno <meteoro at sapo.pt>
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal


> Hello Marco and all:
>
> The question of why the airforce did not launched an
> observing/interception activity crossed my mind from the first days.
> I sent an email to the airforce,asking this,and, in more general
> terms,what is the operational standard procedure in cases like this.
> As far as the picture is concern, that photogram its the better view of
> the object in all the video
>
> Paulo
>
> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Marco Langbroek wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 12:25:03 +0200
> > From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
> > Reply-To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > Subject: Re: (meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal
> >
> > Hello Tony and others,
> >
> > There is a picture (and thanks to Jose Campos for pointing me to it!)
> > apparently showing the object on
> > http://sic.sapo.pt/index.php?article=873&visual=3&area_id=5
> >
> > Unfortunately the vido refuses to load when I try.
> >
> > The picture shows a comet-like object; which to me is strongly
reminiscent
> > of the pictures I have seen of manouvring satellites.
> > However, that does not explain the radar detections pointing to
something
> > with aircraft speeds & altitudes.
> >
> > If this picture indeed shows the object, then the Iridium flare
hypothesis
> > clearly is out of the question too.
> >
> > - Marco
> >
> > ------
> > Dr Marco Langbroek
> > Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
> > Leiden, the Netherlands
> > 52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84)
> >
> > e-mail: meteorites at dmsweb.org
> > DMS website: http://www.dmsweb.org
> > priv. website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek
> > ------
> >
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